NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

Swimmers took part in the Liffey swim in Dublin today. Sasko Lazarov / © RollingNews.ie Sasko Lazarov / © RollingNews.ie / © RollingNews.ie

• Harris and Starmer agree to take Ireland-UK relationship to ‘new level’ with annual summits from March 2025
• Gardaí have received over 160 contacts this week relating to historical sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders
• A man has been arrested as gardaí investigate a serious assault on a woman (30s) in Clonshaugh
• An Irishman has gone missing while on a solo hike in Sardinia, Italy
• The fifth person killed on Donegal roads in less than two weeks has been named locally as Donna McDermott (30s)
• A man (20s) has been arrested over a serious assault in Cork City
• Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said he is optimistic about the future of NI, but that there’s no place for complacency. 
• A man (18) was denied bail over an alleged hatched attack in Blanchardstown last week

INTERNATIONAL

Protestors in France demonstrating against the appointment of new Prime Minister Michel Barnier by President Emmanuel Macron, Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#FRANCE: Thousands of left-wing protestors took to the streets of France against the appointment of new Prime Minister Michel Barnier

#KENYA: Anguished parents wait for news after fire at boys’ primary school dormitory kills 21

#GAZA STRIP: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 12 as health workers continue polio vaccinations

#BRUSSELS: Ireland moves closer to NATO as alliance looks to protect Atlantic flank, Niall O’Connor reports from Brussels

PARTING SHOT 

Ireland's Seamus Coleman after picking up an injury during the UEFA Nations League Group F match at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

IRELAND HAS LOST 0-2 to England in the Aviva Stadium this evening in Heimir Hallgrímsson’s first outing since his appointment as Ireland manager.

If you missed the game and want to catch up, or simply want to relive the past, you can read The 42′s liveblog of the match here, written by Gavan Casey.